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        <p>voice — 
      An emulation of a human voice.
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        <h2>Description</h2>
        <p>
      An emulation of a human voice.
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        <h2>Syntax</h2>
        <pre class="synopsis">ares <span class="command"><strong>voice</strong></span> kamp, kfreq, kphoneme, kform, kvibf, kvamp, ifn, ivfn</pre>
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        <h2>Initialization</h2>
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>ifn</em></span>, <span class="emphasis"><em>ivfn</em></span> -- two table numbers containing the carrier waveform and the vibrato waveform. The files <a class="ulink" href="examples/impuls20.aiff" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">impuls20.aiff</em></a>, <a class="ulink" href="examples/ahh.aiff" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">ahh.aiff</em></a>, <a class="ulink" href="examples/eee.aiff" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">eee.aiff</em></a>, or <a class="ulink" href="examples/ooo.aiff" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">ooo.aiff</em></a> are suitable for the first of these, and a sine wave for the second. These files are available from <a class="ulink" href="ftp://ftp.cs.bath.ac.uk/pub/dream/documentation/sounds/modelling/" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">ftp://ftp.cs.bath.ac.uk/pub/dream/documentation/sounds/modelling/</em></a>.
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        <h2>Performance</h2>
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>kamp</em></span> -- Amplitude of note.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>kfreq</em></span> -- Frequency of note played. It can be varied in performance.
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      <span class="emphasis"><em>kphoneme</em></span> -- an integer in the range 0 to 16, which select the formants for the sounds:

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             <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">eee</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ihh</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ehh</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">aaa</span>”</span>,
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             <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ahh</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">aww</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ohh</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">uhh</span>”</span>,
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             <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">uuu</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ooo</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">rrr</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">lll</span>”</span>,
           </p>
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             <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">mmm</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">nnn</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">nng</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ngg</span>”</span>.
           </p>
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        <p>
      At present the phonemes

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             <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">fff</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">sss</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">thh</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">shh</span>”</span>,
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             <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">xxx</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">hee</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">hoo</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">hah</span>”</span>,
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             <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">bbb</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ddd</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">jjj</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">ggg</span>”</span>,
           </p>
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             <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">vvv</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">zzz</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">thz</span>”</span>, <span class="quote">“<span class="quote">zhh</span>”</span>
           </p>
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        <p>

      are not available (!)
    </p>
        <p>
      <span class="emphasis"><em>kform</em></span> -- Gain on the phoneme. values 0.0 to 1.2 recommended.
    </p>
        <p>
      <span class="emphasis"><em>kvibf</em></span> -- frequency of vibrato in Hertz. Suggested range is 0 to 12
    </p>
        <p>
      <span class="emphasis"><em>kvamp</em></span> -- amplitude of the vibrato
    </p>
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        <h2>Examples</h2>
        <p>
      Here is an example of the voice opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/voice.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">voice.csd</em></a>, and <a class="ulink" href="examples/impuls20.aiff" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">impuls20.aiff</em></a>.
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            <strong>Example 1011. Example of the voice opcode.</strong>
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            <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p>
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<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
-odac  <span class="comment">;;;realtime audio out</span>
<span class="comment">;-iadc    ;;;uncomment -iadc if realtime audio input is needed too</span>
<span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="comment">; -o voice.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsInstruments&gt;</span>

<span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 32
<span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 2
<span class="ohdr">0dbfs</span>  <span class="op">=</span> 1

<span class="oblock">instr</span> 1

kamp  <span class="op">=</span> p4
kphon <span class="op">=</span> p5
asig  <span class="opc">voice</span> kamp, 200, kphon, 0.488, 0, 1, 1, 2
      <span class="opc">outs</span> asig, asig

<span class="oblock">endin</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsInstruments&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="stamnt">f</span> 1 0 256 1 "impuls20.ai<span class="stamnt">f</span><span class="stamnt">f</span>" 0 0 0	<span class="comment">;audio file for the carrier waveform</span>
<span class="stamnt">f</span> 2 0 256 10 1				<span class="comment">;sine wave for the vibrato waveform</span>

<span class="comment">;       ampl phoneme</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 2 0.8    1
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.6    2
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 1.8    3
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 15.0   4
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.05   5
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.06   6
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.03   7
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.0002 8
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.1    9
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.5   10
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 100   11
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.03  12
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.04  13
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.04  14
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.04  15
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 + . 0.05  16

<span class="stamnt">e</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
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        <h2>Credits</h2>
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            <td>Author: John ffitch (after Perry Cook)</td>
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            <td>University of Bath, Codemist Ltd.</td>
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            <td>Bath, UK</td>
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        <p>New in Csound version 3.47</p>
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